Skills

20 years spanning every software IC role. Technical depth with product breadth. I start things and I finish things.

What Makes Me Different

I Ship—Whether Starting or Rescuing

Started from zero:

  • InstrumentStudio Professional Edition — defined vision, aligned stakeholders, shipped
  • Test abstraction library — identified need, persuaded leadership, saved hundreds of engineering hours

Rescued:

  • Manufacturing test framework — 3 years at 50% → shipped in 1 year
  • gRPC infrastructure — 2 years in negotiation → shipped in 1 year
  • Parametric Data Viewer — team stalled → shipped in one quarter

Every IC Role

Developer → project manager → tech lead → architect → product manager → back to developer.

A manager once called me a "triple threat." Then I added PM and kept the technical credibility that lets me speak fluently with engineers.

I Lead by Unblocking

Servant leadership. Intent-based, not order-based. I work within teams, not above them. Going to bat for engineers is job one.

Teams I work with go faster and produce better solutions because they're in on the decisions.

A senior architect wrote he'd "hire me in a second to fix any wayward project."

Technical Skills

Platforms & Infrastructure

gRPC ecosystemsService architecturesDeveloper toolsCross-language integrationsAWS (Solutions Architect certified)AzureVercelSupabase

Data Systems

PostgreSQLElasticsearchReal-time analyticsData pipelinesGrafana dashboards

Full-Stack Products

Next.jsReactTypeScriptSupabaseVercel

Languages

TypeScriptPythonC++LabVIEWTestStandNode.js

Product & Strategy

Customer discoveryProduct telemetryRoadmap managementGTM execution

Impact Metrics

40%
Faster development
Test frameworks
50%
Faster queries
PostgreSQL migration
33%
Faster feature delivery
Telemetry-driven prioritization
80%
Faster software changeover
Automated imaging tool
100s hrs
Engineering time saved
Test abstraction library
$B+
Hardware validated
Manufacturing framework still in use

Currently

The Unlock

AI-assisted development has driven a golden era for my personal projects. My GitHub activity shows a visible spike starting August 2024—learning phase to shipping phase.

I spent months studying through KodeKloud and Boot.dev, picked up an AWS Solutions Architect certification, and modernized my stack. Then I started pairing with Claude Code and the velocity changed completely.

Galligraphy, Player1, PubClerk—all shipped in months while holding a full-time job. I'm not AI-dependent. I have 20 years of knowing what good code looks like. But I am AI-augmented, and I'm shipping more than I ever have.

What I'm Growing

Public Visibility

This site is step one. 20 years of work, minimal public profile. No conference talks yet, no blog presence. Fixing that.

Brand Translation

NI/Emerson is respected in test & measurement but doesn't carry the same recognition as a Stripe or Datadog. Learning to tell the story in ways that translate.

Reading Political Environments

Better at executing with autonomy than navigating high-politics orgs. Getting better at sensing where influence is moving and positioning accordingly.

Formal management

I've supervised and mentored with 1:1s and performance reviews, but haven't had hiring/firing/salary authority. I could step into full management; I just haven't yet.